Matthieu Chemin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3710018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthieu Chemin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthieu |
| FAMILY NAME | Chemin |
| SIGNATURE | CHEMIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Online tutoring reduces by half the learning loss due to school closures
Does legal representation increase investment? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Judicial Efficiency and Firm Productivity
I assemble and classify a database of judicial reforms funded by foreign aid agencies as either comprehensive (targeting all characteristics of quality, speed, access) or limited reform. A triple difference is used to compare firms in countries with or without judicial reforms, before and after reforms, and in sectors more or less reliant on contract enforcement mechanisms, due to their need for relationship-specific investments. I find that exte…
The effects of a change in the point system on immigration
Can Warm Glow Alleviate Credit Market Failures? Evidence from Online Peer-to-Peer Lenders
This article looks at an institutional innovation in which Western investors lend peer-to-peer to poor country enterprises. Using a unique data set from an online lending platform called MYC4, we find that MYC4’s Western lenders grant lower interest rates to pro-poor, socially responsible, and pro-female African projects. Using a novel instrumental variable to account for interest rates’ endogeneity, we find that these lower interest rates substa…
Response to ‘High Noon for Microfinance Impact Evaluations’
Duvendack and Palmer-Jones are critical of analysis and conclusions in Chemin (2008) because they are unable to replicate my results. This response identifies key differences between the two papers, especially regarding the sample and measurement of variables, which imply that Duvendack and Paler-Jones should not be considered as either a replication or a criticism of my work
The Benefits and Costs of Microfinance
Using the latest developments from the evaluation literature, namely the technique of matching, this paper shows a positive, but lower than previously thought, effect of microfinance on expenditure per capita, supply of labour, and level of school enrolment for boys and girls. For instance, participants spend 3 per cent more on average than non-participants in control villages. This paper also takes into account repayment delays to calculate the …
The Benefits and Costs of Microfinance
Using the latest developments from the evaluation literature, namely the technique of matching, this paper shows a positive, but lower than previously thought, effect of microfinance on expenditure per capita, supply of labour, and level of school enrolment for boys and girls. For instance, participants spend 3 per cent more on average than non-participants in control villages. This paper also takes into account repayment delays to calculate the …
Response to ‘High Noon for Microfinance Impact Evaluations’
Duvendack and Palmer-Jones are critical of analysis and conclusions in Chemin (2008) because they are unable to replicate my results. This response identifies key differences between the two papers, especially regarding the sample and measurement of variables, which imply that Duvendack and Paler-Jones should not be considered as either a replication or a criticism of my work
Can Warm Glow Alleviate Credit Market Failures? Evidence from Online Peer-to-Peer Lenders
This article looks at an institutional innovation in which Western investors lend peer-to-peer to poor country enterprises. Using a unique data set from an online lending platform called MYC4, we find that MYC4’s Western lenders grant lower interest rates to pro-poor, socially responsible, and pro-female African projects. Using a novel instrumental variable to account for interest rates’ endogeneity, we find that these lower interest rates substa…
The effects of a change in the point system on immigration
Judicial Efficiency and Firm Productivity
I assemble and classify a database of judicial reforms funded by foreign aid agencies as either comprehensive (targeting all characteristics of quality, speed, access) or limited reform. A triple difference is used to compare firms in countries with or without judicial reforms, before and after reforms, and in sectors more or less reliant on contract enforcement mechanisms, due to their need for relationship-specific investments. I find that exte…
Does legal representation increase investment? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Online tutoring reduces by half the learning loss due to school closures
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Economics (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Microeconomics (3 works)